Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK to begin testing Merck's COVID-19 pill for hospitalised patients
(Reuters) - Merck & Co's antiviral pill will be evaluated in a large British trial as a possible treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, amid the worldwide spread of the Omicron variant of ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Kohl's shares soar as Sycamore, Acacia show takeover interest
(Reuters) - Shares of Kohl's Corp rose 29% premarket on Monday, after Reuters reported late Sunday private equity firm Sycamore Partners had reached out to the department-store chain about a potential...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
WHO 'sets aside' Ethiopia's request to probe WHO chief's links to rebellious Tigrayan forces
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday that the global body would postpone a decision on Ethiopia's request to investigate its leader for allegedly supporting reb...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Deprived of foreign aid, Sudan to expand use of gold exports
By Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will expand its use of gold exports to cover imports of essential goods as it embarks on a new 2022 budget without foreign aid during an economic downturn ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Rugby-Dupont wins British writers' award
LONDON (Reuters) - France scrumhalf Antoine Dupont was named on Monday the British Rugby Union Writers' Club's Personality of the Year for 2021. Dupont, the World Rugby Player of the Year, succeeds Ex...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Protesters hurl stones at police in Guadeloupe COVID unrest
PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters attacked police with stones in the early hours of Monday as police moved in to clear out some blockades on Guadeloupe, the authority on the French Caribbean island said, a...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Fed tries to match economic risks against market's rush to tighten
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve may not raise interest rates until March, but officials' tougher language about inflation is already kicking in, with borrowing costs ris...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Boeing invests $450 million in flying taxi developer Wisk
PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing Co is investing a further $450 million in Wisk to support development of future pilotless flying taxis, the U.S. aerospace giant said on Monday. California-based Wisk, owned b...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
German economy likely shrunk in Q4: Bundesbank
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's economy likely shrank in the fourth quarter as manufacturing remained constrained by supply bottlenecks and consumption dropped on renewed coronavirus fears, the Bundes...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
Aerial surveys detect dozens of methane 'super-emitters' in Permian
By Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 30 oil and gas facilities across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico spewed large amounts of methane for three years, emittin...
Thomson Reuters Jan 24, 2022
